Re: [DISCUSSION] Game Tree vs. Pattern Matching

[Bruno Bouzy <bouzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Jasiek wrote:
> 
> > An good evaluation function is almost all we need
> > to make a good go program.
> 
> For this very reason my CG development has been done with paper
> and pencil only during the first year. This will continue for
> some time...
> 

Hyoungsoo Yoon wrote:

> For the very same reason, I only use my brains and nothing else.
> I'm planning to do so during the first decacde of my CG development.

At first, my evaluation function was done with brain, paper and pencil 
during one year (in 1991) and then it was re-made with brain and 
computer only during about 3 years (1992...).

In the evaluation function of my actual Go program,
what is remaining from my first experiment ?

Almost nothing!

:-))

Bruno